HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 019-82 PG&E ElectricFranch .RESOLUTION NO. 19-82
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO GRANT ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
WHEREAS Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California utility corp-
oration, has filed with the City Council of the City of Dublin an application
requesting that a franchise be granted to it of the character and for the
purposes mentioned in the form of ndtice hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS in the opinion of said Council the public good requires that
said franchise be granted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said City Council intends to grant
said franchise, that hearing of objections to the granting thereof will
be held at the time and place specified in the form of notice hereinafter
set forth which the Clerk of said City is hereby directed to publish at
least once within fifteen days after the passage of this resolution in
The Valley Times, a newspaper of general circulation within said City,
and that said notice shall be in the following words and figures:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT FRANCHISE"
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, a California utility corporation, has filed
its application with the Council of the City of Dublin
requesting said Council to grant it a franchise, under
the Franchise Act of 1937, to construct, maintain and
use poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances, including
communication circuits, in, along, across, upon and under
the public streets and places within said City for trans-
mitting and distributing electricity to the public for any
and all purposes.
if said franchise shall be granted to it, said Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, its successors and assigns, hereinafter designated grantee, shall
during the life thereof pay to said City two per cent of the gross annual
receipts of said grantee arising from the use, operation or possession
of said franchise; provided, however, that such payment shall in no event
be less than one per cent of the gross annual receipts derived by grantee
from the sale of electricity within the limits of said City.
Said percentage will be paid annually from the date of the granting of
the franchise applied for and in the event such payment shall not be made
said franchise shall be forfeited.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any and all persons having any
objections to the granting of said franchise may appear before said
Council at the City Hall of said City at the hour of 7:30 p.m. on Monday,
the 24th day of May, 1982, and be heard thereon; and
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any time not later than the
hour so set for hearing objections any person interested may make written
protest stating objections against the granting of said franchise which
protest must be signed by the protestant and delivered to the City Clerk
of said City, and the Council shall at the time set for hearing said
objections proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made.
For further particulars reference is hereby made to said application
filed as aforesaid in the office of said Council, and also to the resolution
adopted on the 26th day of April, 1982, declaring its intention to grant
said franchise.
Dated: April 26, 1982.
By order of the Council of the City of Dublin.
Clerk of t~/City of Dublin
The foregoing resolution was duly passed and adopted by the Council
of the City of Dublin at a regular meeting of said Council held on the
26th day of April, 1982, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers ..... Burton, Heqarty ......
Jeffery, Moffatt and Mayor Snyder
NAYS: Councilmembers None
ABSENT: Councilmembers None
MaySr of the ~ity o~ Dubl~fn -
ATTEST:
Clerk of th~Cit~' of Dublin